Integrated Circuit Design: Using Open Cores and Design Tools

Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Integrated circuits
1.2 Digital and analog components
1.3 Combinational and sequential circuits
1.4 Clocked or timed circuits
1.5 Circuit Size
1.6 Design process
1.7 Simulation process
1.8 Implementation
1.9 Fabrication process
1.10 Marketing process

Chapter 2 Processor based integrated circuits
2.1 Relevance and potential uses
2.2 Design variables
2.3 Chips and intelligent systems
2.4 Opportunity areas
2.5 System and Labs on a Chip

Chapter 3 System Design
3.1 System Definition and Specifications
3.2 Software architecture
3.3 Challenges for variable optimization
3.4 System-on-Chip Specifications
3.5 Signal generation
3.6 ASIC Design Flow
3.7 Design Evaluation
3.8 Application Software

Chapter 4 The open source design tools
4.1 Chip design flow
4.2 Open source design tools
4.3 Open source EDA tools
4.4 Open cores library

Chapter 5 Sample implementation
5.1 The running application program
5.2 Experiment definition
5.3 Simulations
5.4 Experimental environment
5.5 System potential

Chapter 6 Integrated circuits for intelligent systems
6.1 The smart systems and the integrated circuits
6.2 ASIC for customized applications
6.3 Design and market trends

Appendix
A1: Application program: Standard version
A2: Application program: Extended version